Outside Lands San Francisco
Summary: Nicole Meldahl and a rotating cast of hosts from the Western Neighborhoods Project (outsidelands.org / OpenSFHistory.org) share San Francisco west side neighborhood history with humor, a real fact or two, and much-better-informed occasional guests.
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Podcasts:
Daniel Hudson Burnham's 1904 plan to remake San Francisco included some momumental visions for the west side.
Stern Grove and Pine Lake Park, with a shared history of squatters, farmers, and free music, is not your run-of-the-mill San Francisco parkland.
San Francisco's Ingleside Terraces neighborhood started as a racetrack before turning into a residential park with, weirdly, a giant sundial.
San Francisco's Cliff House, perched above Seal Rocks at the Pacific Ocean, celebrates its 150th anniversary in July 2013.
Promoted as the world's largest outdoor swimming pool, San Francisco's Fleishhacker Pool opened in 1925 and closed in the early 1970s. It was cold!
The hidden stories of odd buildings in the Avenues of western San Francisco, including a rant about Google map designations.
Stories of frog ponds, unbalanced street grids, and Death's Crossing in San Francisco's Oceaniewv neighborhood.
Did he own one-twelfth of San Francisco or just a twentieth? Either way, Adolph Sutro made his mark on the city, especially the west side.
Guest Nicole Meldahl talks about the Richmond District's 1898 encampment of volunteer soldiers for the Spanish-American War.
Carl Larsen, restaurateur, chicken ranch owner, and Sunset District pioneer has perhaps one of San Francisco's most-viewed parks named after him.
Golden Gate Park's pickup baseball legends, the Park Bums, and other pickup ball-playing stories and locales.
Talking about the old and new Beach Chalet on the western edge of Golden Gate Park at Ocean Beach.
Guest John Martini talks historic forts and fortifications around the Golden Gate and Ocean Beach.
The interesting life of George Turner Marsh, pioneer of the Richmond District and possible namer of the neighborhood.
David and Woody review a 54-year-old book that inspired both of them.
